Michael Nicky Kay
Michael Nicky Kay - On The Turtle's Back Stories The Lenape Told Their Grandchildren - Paperback
Michael Nicky Kay - On The Turtle's Back Stories The Lenape Told Their Grandchildren - Paperback
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Description: The Lenape tribe also known as the Delaware Nation lived for centuries on the land that English colonists later called New Jersey. But once America gained its independence they were forced to move further west: to Indiana then Missouri and finally to the territory that became Oklahoma. These reluctant migrants were not able to carry much from their ancestral homeland but they managed to preserve the stories that had been passed down for generations. On the Turtle's Back is the first collection of Lenape folklore originally compiled by anthropologist M. R. Harrington over a century ago but never published until now. In it the Delaware share their cherished tales about the world's creation epic heroes and ordinary human foibles. It features stories told to Harrington by two Lenape couples Julius and Minnie Fouts and Charles and Susan Elkhair who sought to officially record their legends before their language and cultural traditions died out. More recent interviews with Lenape elders are also included as their reflections on hearing these stories as children speak to the status of the tribe and its culture today. Together they welcome you into their rich and wondrous imaginative world.
Title: On The Turtle's Back Stories The Lenape Told Their Grandchildren
Author(s): Michael Nicky Kay
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Barcode: 9781978819146
Pages: 250 Pages, 4 Color And 31 B-W Images
Publication Date: 9/15/2023
Series: CERES: Rutgers Studies in History
Category: Local History
Description: The Lenape tribe also known as the Delaware Nation lived for centuries on the land that English colonists later called New Jersey. But once America gained its independence they were forced to move further west: to Indiana then Missouri and finally to the territory that became Oklahoma. These reluctant migrants were not able to carry much from their ancestral homeland but they managed to preserve the stories that had been passed down for generations. On the Turtle's Back is the first collection of Lenape folklore originally compiled by anthropologist M. R. Harrington over a century ago but never published until now. In it the Delaware share their cherished tales about the world's creation epic heroes and ordinary human foibles. It features stories told to Harrington by two Lenape couples Julius and Minnie Fouts and Charles and Susan Elkhair who sought to officially record their legends before their language and cultural traditions died out. More recent interviews with Lenape elders are also included as their reflections on hearing these stories as children speak to the status of the tribe and its culture today. Together they welcome you into their rich and wondrous imaginative world.
Title: On The Turtle's Back Stories The Lenape Told Their Grandchildren
Author(s): Michael Nicky Kay
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Barcode: 9781978819146
Pages: 250 Pages, 4 Color And 31 B-W Images
Publication Date: 9/15/2023
Series: CERES: Rutgers Studies in History
Category: Local History
